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title: Cheating at school: copying and peeking — how Mova does on the tests · Religion ethics
description: Lesson 92 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 10 tests right, exam 0 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Cheating at school: copying and peeking

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**Tests:** 3 of 10 right · **Exam:** 0 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 7 of 14 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 92 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking/).

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### Test 1 · right ✓ {#t1}

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Your mate says, "Copying homework helps you, you get a better mark." What actually happens?

- **1.** Teachers give extra marks for copying — no support
- **2.** Your brain learns from looking at answers — no support
- **3.** You skip the learning and get stuck in the real test — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** You learn just as much as doing it yourself, only faster — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 92, line 6: «Copying homework means you skip the learning, and the teacher thinks you understand when you don't.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «skip» (+4); the same thing acted on «learning» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking/t1/)

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### Test 2 · right ✓ {#t2}

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"Bro, everyone's using the AI, don't be a mug," says Riley's cousin. What is the wise step?

- **1.** Use it and change one word per sentence — no support
- **2.** Ask the AI if it's cheating — score -2
- **3.** Check the school rule, and don't hand in work that isn't yours — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **4.** Use it, because everyone else is, and the teacher will never know — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 92, line 9: «Handing in AI-written work as yours is like copying; schools have their own rules about how AI may be used.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «hand» (+4); the same place «written work» (+3). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking/t2/)

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### Test 3 · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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A cartoon shows a kid who hides answers in his shoe, gets 10 out of 10 and lives happily ever after. What is wrong?

- **1.** He should have hidden them in his hat — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Nothing; that's how school works, and he got full marks — no support
- **3.** He learned nothing, and gaps trip you up later — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Teachers never check shoes — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking/t3/)

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### Test 4 · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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"Shut up and let me copy, you're meant to be my mate," says Mason. What is the best reply?

- **1.** Fine, take it, mates do anything for each other — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Get lost, I'm telling Miss right now — no support
- **3.** Only if you give me your crisps — no support
- **4.** I'll explain it, but I won't let you copy — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking/t4/)

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### Test 5 · right ✓ {#t5}

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Zara's friend says, "Your mum did your project? Same as everyone, chill." What is the honest view?

- **1.** Help is fine, but a prize for Mum's work is unfair to other kids — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** The prize is fair because Zara carried it in — no support
- **3.** It's fine because all parents help loads — no support
- **4.** It's only unfair if Mum wins next year too — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking/t5/)

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### Test 6 · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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What would happen if everyone peeked in every test?

- **1.** Teachers would give everyone a prize — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **2.** Tests would mean nothing and nobody would know who needs help — **✓ the right answer** · score 6
- **3.** Nothing; tests don't matter anyway — no support
- **4.** Everyone would learn faster and better, and get top marks every time — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 91, line 7: «Being a guest means caring for other people's things as if they were your own; "Give to everyone what you owe them".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same receiver «everyone» (+4); the same action «give» (+2). The right option, 2, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking/t6/)

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### Test 7 · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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Oliver whispers, "I wrote them on my hand 'cause I'm scared I'll fail." What helps him most?

- **1.** Writing them in smaller letters, so the teacher won't see — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Telling his teacher he's struggling so he gets help — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Sitting right at the back of the class, where nobody looks — no support
- **4.** Never doing spelling tests again, if his mum writes a note — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking/t7/)

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### Test 8 · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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Lily says, "It's my own test, so changing it isn't cheating." What is wrong?

- **1.** It's only cheating if she gets caught — no support
- **2.** She should change two answers to be fair — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** Nothing; she can mark herself however she likes — no support
- **4.** Self-marking is a trust system; changing the mark fools the teacher — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 92, line 2: «Mason says, "Lemme copy your maths, I'll change a few answers so it's not sus"; but homework is practice, so copying skips the learning, and the teacher thinks…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «few answers» (+3); the same action «change» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking/t8/)

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### Test 9 · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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Jaden in Atlanta: "Homework's lowkey nothing, so who cares?" What does Luke 16:10 suggest?

- **1.** Trust in small things leads to trust in big things — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Small things never matter to anybody, only the big ones do — **← Mova's choice** · score 7
- **3.** Homework is for teachers, not pupils — no support
- **4.** Only big tests count in life — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 89, line 11: «Pretending you returned a library book blames the librarian, which is false witness; a library is shared, so when one person lies about a book, everyone pays;…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «one person» (+3). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking/t9/)

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### Test 10 · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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The answer sheet is on Miss's desk and nobody's watching. Which story fits this test of honesty?

- **1.** Goldilocks, who ate the bears' porridge while they were out — no support
- **2.** Jack and the beanstalk, where Jack climbs up to the giant — no support
- **3.** Plato's ring of Gyges: honesty when no one can see — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The gingerbread man, who runs away from everyone he meets — **← Mova's choice** · score 7

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 81, line 13: «Scientists find most children start trying lies around age 3 or 4, and learn honesty as patient grown-ups help them; Adam blaming Eve and Eve blaming the serpe…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «adam» (+3). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking/t10/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Which of the following most accurately characterises the principal harm occasioned by the copying of homework?

- **1.** The pupil whose work is copied is invariably penalised alone — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The copier is deprived of the practice for which homework is intended — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** No harm is occasioned, homework being of no consequence — no support
- **4.** The teacher is deprived of an opportunity to mark the work — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Given that the pupils of a class are permitted to mark their own tests, identify the statement most consistent with this lesson.

- **1.** The arrangement is unaffected by the honesty of the pupils — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The arrangement renders cheating impossible — no support
- **3.** The arrangement permits each pupil to award whatever mark he prefers — no support
- **4.** The arrangement depends upon trust, and the alteration of one's own mark constitutes cheating — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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Select the response consistent with the teaching of Exodus 23:2 where many pupils obtain test answers improperly.

- **1.** The pupil ought to absent himself from the test — no support
- **2.** The pupil ought to obtain the answers from a different source — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **3.** The pupil ought to follow the majority in order to remain competitive — no support
- **4.** The pupil ought not to follow the majority in wrongdoing — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 65, line 5: «Asked what all these customs have in common, Ava's class finds the answer: almost every people remembers its dead, gathers together, often shares food, and sho…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «answer» (+3); the same action «find» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Ascertain the most appropriate course of action for a pupil who is tempted to cheat by reason of fear.

- **1.** The concealment of notes upon the person in a less visible location — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** The communication of the difficulty to the teacher, with a view to obtaining assistance — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The deliberate absence from the test on a pretext — no support
- **4.** The copying of answers from a neighbouring pupil — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/religion-ethics/92-cheating-at-school-copying-and-peeking/e4/)

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- ← previous: [91. Owning up when it is hard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/91-owning-up-when-it-is-hard/)
- next →: [93. Cheating at games and sport](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/93-cheating-at-games-and-sport/)
- ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/)